On Track In Bangladesh
Trains were running in the sub-continent 142 years ago. Bangladesh Railways is state owned, employs 34,168 people and covers a length of 2,855 route kilometers.
Tea cup and saucer in first class carriage, 2008
Tea is served in China cups with complimentary sandwiches in first class carriages. The photograph (above) was taken on a journey from Chittagong to Dhaka.
Boy running next to a train, Bangladesh 1992
Bangladesh train fairs work out cheaper than bus fairs. As well as supporting the economy by providing economic travel for students and the movement of goods many people, not employed by the railway, make a living from selling food to passengers and carrying luggage.
Man walking next to railway track, 2008
Passengers will see many people walking next to the tracks as well as shanty towns close to the railway as it enters urban areas.
Railway workers maintaining track in Sylhet, 1992
Some 42 million passengers are transported each year by the railway.
Boy with his head sricking out of a train, 1992
Queuing for tickets at Chittagong station, 2009
Chittagong Station, 2009
Man walking on Rail Track. Bangladesh 2008
Women and children look out towards a river from the railway track they have occupied. Bangladesh 2008
Abandoned train. Bangladesh 2008
Shanty town next to railway tracks. Bangladesh 2008
A man walks by a lake in the opposite direction to the train. Bangladesh 2008
Train and Rickshaw. Bangladesh 2008
Photomontage, New York & Bangladesh 2010
Disappearing Sclater Street Market East London (2)
Here are more photographs continuing yesterdays Sclater Street theme.
Couple in Sclater Street, 1998
A man looking through second hand books in Sclater Street, 2009
Sclater Street. London 1988
Market trader. Sclater Street 2012
A woman looking through second hand books, Sclater Street market 2008
Market traders, Sclater Street 1987
Man looking through clothes. Sclater Street, London 2015
Woman with shopping bag, umbrella and cigarettes. Sclater Street, London c.1985
Sclater Street Market 2014
Sclater Street c.1985
Disappearing Sclater Street Market East London
I wonder how long it will be before the Slater Street Sunday Market disappears altogether? I was there the other week and noticed how luxury flats tower above it. It is now half its original size. Here are some my favourite images of the market I’ve taken over the years.
Sclater Street Market c.1985
Sclater Street 2012
Sclater Street market c.1987
Sclater Street 2002
Sclater Street c.1985
Sclater Street 2012
Sclater Street c.1986
Sclater Street Market 2012
Sclater Street c.1987
Sclater Street 2002
Vallance Road Whitechapel
‘Andreas’ Hair salon, Vallance Road 2005
Lady at car boot sale car boot sale, Vallance Rd, London 1984
Mobile texting on Vallance Rd, 2004
Three bicycles on Vallance road, 1987
c on Vallance Rd, 2005
Man pushing a pram on Vallance Road, 1986
A woman walks past a blue entrance with graffiti. Vallance Rd, London 2009
Woman with pram on Vallance Road. London 1986
Chemist in Vallance Road. London 2005
Car boot sale, Vallance Road. London 1984
BBC Interviews Fascist On Remembrance Sunday
As people gathered on Remembrance Day ceremonies, in which they all remembered those who fought against fascism in World War Two the BBC saw fit to broadcast an interview with Marine le Pen of the French Front National last Sunday. The former military Chief of Staff Richard Dannett, alongside a UKIP spokesperson and an American CNN reporter – did not utter a word of criticism as they sat there wearing their Poppies.
Harry Leslie Smith summed up the situation best when he tweeted “Appeasement to fascism comes in many shapes and sizes but sometimes it can be just a friendly chat with #lepen on #Marr. #remembrancesunday” . Harry recently wrote “For me, I can no longer wear a poppy because it’s meaning of respect for the fallen and the motto “never again” on the First World War memorial has been profaned by our wars to maintain our empire after the fall of Hitler, and our modern conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. I feel now that wearing the poppy gives a blank cheque to our politicians to justify their folly in wars of questionable merit, as well as the needless deaths their sanguine votes for boots on the ground costs both our soldiers and innocent civilians in foreign countries.”
Here are some images of people against fascism.
Tower Hamlets Le Pen protest 1991
Demonstration against the BNP, Cable Street 2006
Harry Leslie Smith, Liverpool 2016
50th anniversary march celebrating the battle of Cable Street, East London 1986
Anti-Racist speaker, Altab Ali Park, London 2009
50th anniversary of the battle of cable street, Stepney 1986
Anti Racist demonstration. East London 1994
Anti Fascist demonstration, Central London c 1996
Anti Racist Demonstrator, 1992
TUC Anti Racist Demo, East London 1994
Anti Racist Demo, Spitalfields 1992
